Bummed out you couldn't make it to Paris to buy the extremely limited, all-black OnePlus 3T colette edition smartphone? OnePlus is bringing back the black OnePlus 3T and making it more widely available—sort of.
"We've received countless requests to release an all-black OnePlus 3T worldwide," OnePlus Co-Founder Carl Peiwrote in a blog post. "Today, we're happy to announce something special for those of you who couldn't make it to Paris."
That "something special" is the OnePlus 3T Midnight Black, which looks just like the colette edition that went on sale in Paris yesterday, but without a colette logo. Pei said the OnePlus team tried more than 30 variations to get the "premium deep black coat" just right.
"This limited edition of the OnePlus 3T is hewed out of the same space-grade aluminum that lent the original OnePlus 3 and 3T devices their class and durability," he explained. "A dark coating of just 14 microns in thickness is meticulously applied to the surface of the phone, imbuing the device with a stunning black color built to last, while retaining the look and feel of naked metal."
The phone will be available for purchase via Hypebeast, starting at noon ET on Friday, March 24. Like the company's other smartphones, the 3T Midnight Black will be "extremely limited," Pei said, so if you want one, you better mark your calendar. At least you don't have to fly to Paris to get this one.
The news should be exciting for OnePlus fans, many of whom were let down by the colette. For a peek at the OnePlus 3T Midnight Black, check out the video below.